Aallegra.356 net.space utzoo!decvax!harpo!mhtsa!allegra!phr Tue Apr 20 13:36:25 1982 Soviets launch new Space Station Salyut 7 has just been launched, and its systems "are functioning normally." It joins Salyut 6, which has been in orbit for 4 1/2 years. The station is apperently unmanned. French cosmonaut Patrick Baudry is expected to fly to the station in late June. France will be the tenth country to take part in a joint space mission with the Soviet Union and the first non-communist country. Tass said that the station is in an 89.2 minute, 136 by 173 mile orbit. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.